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	Light gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The light gun, and its descendant, the light pen, are now rarely used as computer pointing devices, because of the popularity of the mouse and changes in monitor display technology -- light guns can only work with standard CRT monitors.
		The user of the light gun notices little or nothing, because the period in which the screen is blank is very short.
		A positional gun is essentially an analog stick that records the position of the gun to determine where the gun is aiming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Video_game_light_gun (1216 words)

	Light gun -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first light guns appeared in the 1930s, following the development of light-sensing (Electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope) vacuum tubes.
		The first light gun of this type was used on the (Click link for more info and facts about MIT Whirlwind) MIT Whirlwind computer.
		The user of the light gun notices nothing, because the period in which the screen is blank is very short.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/Light_gun.htm (867 words)

	Light gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The light gun, and its descendant, the light pen, are now rarely used as computer pointing devices, because of the popularity of the mouse and changes in monitor display technology.
		The video game light gun is typically modeled on a ballistic weapon (usually a pistol or bazooka) and is used for targeting objects on a video screen.
		The most popular example of the light gun is Nintendo's Zapper gun for the Nintendo Entertainment System, though there are also light guns for Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Magnavox Odyssey and many other console and arcade systems.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/light_gun (870 words)

	NES Zapper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NES Zapper or Famicom Light Gun in Japan is a pistol-shaped electronic light gun sold as part of the original NES system in 1985 and the Nintendo Famicom in 1984.
		Early Zappers were gray, but later the color was changed to a neon orange, due to the fact that many likened the device too much to an actual gun.
		The photodiode at the back of the Zapper would detect these changes in intensity and send a signal to the NES to indicate whether it was over a lit pixel or not.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zapper_Light_Gun (369 words)

	Station Information - Video game light gun
		The light gun is a fondly recalled (though often financially unprofitable for the makers) control device for arcade games and console video games.
		The most popular example of this would be Nintendo's Zapper gun for the Nintendo Entertainment System, though there are light guns for Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, Magnavox Odyssey and undoubtedly several other console and arcade systems.
		The "light gun" is so named as it uses light as its method of detecting where on screen you are targeting.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/video_game_light_gun.html (726 words)

	Light gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The light gun, and its descendant, the light pen, are now rarely used ascomputer pointing devices, because of the popularity of the mouse andchanges in monitor display technology.
		The video game light gun is typically modeled on a ballistic weapon (usually apistol or bazooka) and is used for targeting objects on a video screen.
		The most popular example of the light gun is Nintendo's Zapper gun for the Nintendo Entertainment System, though there are also light guns for Sony PlayStation, SegaDreamcast, Magnavox Odyssey and many other console and arcadesystems.
	www.therfcc.org /light-gun-152771.html (783 words)

	Zapper Light Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Zapper Light Gun is a pistol-shaped electronic device sold as part of an original NES system.
		Early Zappers were gray, but later the color was changed to orange.
		A game had to be specifically made to use the Zapper, and several of these are considered the most addicting games ever made.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/z/za/zapper_light_gun.html (209 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Connecting NES Zapper to Famicom ================================ Following is a diagram showing how to connect the NES Zapper to the expansion port of Famicom and Famicom clones.
		Be careful to connect the wires to the right pins on the db15 connector.
		To be on the safe side, just follow the numbering in the db15 connector.
	nesdev.parodius.com /zapper_to_famicom.txt (199 words)

	NES WORLD - HARDWARE CLONES (PIRATE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Equipped with two Controllers, Zapper Light Gun and four Game Pak for unending entertainment for the entire family.
		Not only can it accommodate the Zapper light gun, but also our great accessories like the Advantage and the Max.
		ZAPPER - The unique light gun that puts sharp-shooting accuracy and light-sensing technology right in the palm of your hand.
	www.nesworld.com /nesclone.htm (368 words)

	Pro Beam Light Gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pro Beam Light Gun is a licensed light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by Dominator.
		It is a wireless light gun compatible with all Zapper games.
		It works just like the Zapper, but looks more like a phaser gun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pro_Beam_Light_Gun (90 words)

	-=Chameleon's Den=- Nintendo Entertainment System Light Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Nintendo 'Zapper' is a light gun controller that is required to play all Light Gun Games.
		Essential to such popular games as Duck Hunt, the Zapper was and is a marvel of technology that allows you to stand across the room from your television and shoot items on it.
		The Zapper is available in two colors, grey and orange.
	chameleonsden.com /products/nintendo/nintendo_light_guns.html (112 words)

	Attack The Gas Station! - Progressive Boink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In other words, every toy gun made from that point on had to look unmistakably like it was a toy, so as not to be mistaken for a real gun.
		For all they know, you're holding a gun with a weird purple sticker on it up to their face, and they'll do whatever it takes to get it away from their face.
		Eventually, the part of the gun that's supposed to be the bullet chamber would come loose and hang off the edge of the gun, and then nobody would want to play stupid Cowboys anymore.
	www.progressiveboink.com /archive/toyguns.html (1986 words)

	Bomb-Omb.Com NES Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The NES gun or the "Zapper" was a gun accessory for the NES system that you would plug into a controller port on the NES console.
		From there the gun which you're pointing at the target has a light sensor in it that can see light and dark.
		When the Zapper was released it was grey.
	www.bomb-omb.com /NESgun.php (321 words)

	RETROARCADE.COM - Review For Duck Hunt
		Duck Hunt was one of the first light gun games for the Nintendo.
		The basic idea was that you were a hunter (with a pistol, for some reason) hunting ducks with your trusty dog.
		4 - The light gun was fairly accurate, so you could sit as far away from the TV as the cord would let you and still have a decent chance of hitting the targets.
	www.retroarcade.com /reviews/review.asp?rid=3 (267 words)

	defunct games > on running feuds > leaving the light gun where it belongs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Regardless of how well they sell on the home consoles, the light gun game is fundamentally a better experience in the arcade than it is at home.
		In the case of House of the Dead III for the Xbox, not only were you limited by only having one light gun to choose from, but it wasn't even a very good gun at that.
		But not light gun games, they are better when you have a huge gun that looks like the heat your character is packing on screen.
	www.defunctgames.com /onrunningfeuds/feuds-68.php4 (906 words)

	The Video Game & Emulation Emporium (Nintendo Entertainment System / Main Page) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first light gun for a home console, the Zapper had a color scheme that matched the NES control deck.
		The eye piece served as your gun sight, and you yelled into the mouthpiece to fire the gun.
		If you remember the Super Soaker water gun headset, this is very similar (without the water, of course).
	www.emucamp.com /vgee/nes (1275 words)

	the skidmore news : 20 oct 2000 : opinions : i'm the gangster of love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Armed with two of the most unergonomically designed controllers of all-time, a "Zapper" Light-Gun, and a little gray box that you could put other, littler gray boxes into, I was good to go.
		I've done experiments involving plugging the Zapper into a different Nintendo and shooting it at the screen with Duck Hunt playing on it.
		I still haven't gotten the results back from the lab, but I think we all know that something fishy is going on.
	skidmore.edu /studentorgs/skidnews/2000-10-20/opinions/rafferty.shtml (1070 words)

	zapper information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Zapper Light Gun is a pistol -shaped electronic device sold aspart of an original NES system.
		The photodiode at the back of the Zapper would detect these changes in intensity and send asignal to the NES to indicate whether it was over a lit pixel or not.
		A game had to be specifically made to use the Zapper, and several of these are considered the most addicting games ever made.Many are the stories of a hard core enthusiast spending six hours attempting to earn a million points on Duck Hunt.
	www.vsearchmedia.com /zapper.html (257 words)

	Duck Hunt Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Duck Hunt is played with the zapper, the light gun that came with the action set.
		It looks like a gun, and you point it at targets on screen and pull the trigger like a gun to shoot.
		However, that game's light gun stages alone are vastly superior to all of Duck Hunt.
	www.geocities.com /crawlsnewsite/reviews/duckhunt.html (537 words)

	LIGHT GUN
		A light gun is a pointing device for computers that is similar to the light pen, whose design was directly influenced by the light gun.
		These types of computer input devices are rarely used anymore due to the popularity of the mouse and changes in monitor display technology.
		Video game light gun - probably should be merged with this entry.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/LIGHT+GUN (816 words)

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		I knew that the light gun games were on the way out, but it's sad to see it happen.
		When the light gun sees the blip from the light of the screen, it figures that the gun is pointing where the console's scan-out is occuring.
		I have got a gun for the DC which has a kind of force feedback on it, it's got a separate power supply, which mvoes a plastic section of the gun to simulate recoil.
	arstechnica.com /journals/thumbs.ars/2005/10/16/1536 (2750 words)

	[No title]
		Armed with only a Zapper and a keen eye, you must help him collect the five Black Panther Diamonds, hidden all around the world, to gain the release of Jennifer.
		CONTINUE MODE Fire the Zapper while the "Game Over" screen is displayed to restart the game on the last phase attempted.
		The only way to destroy Zulie is for Stevenson to repeatedly shoot him in the eyes with his machine gun.
	www.planetnintendo.com /thewarpzone/manuals/g/gumshoe.txt (1159 words)

	Operation Wolf - Reader Review - GameFAQs
		Ah, too be young, drunk, have a light gun, and a copy of Operation Wolf again (Well I got 1/2 of that).
		The machine gun is what the zapper uses (you need a controller to use grenades because of the lack of buttons on a Zapper).
		Light Gun, Halloween Gun) requires the skill of an LA gang member.
	www.gamefaqs.com /console/nes/review/R5618.html (622 words)

	Video game light gun
		The trick to this method relies on the nature of the cathode ray tube inside the video monitor; it doesn't work with LCD projectors.
		It had to do with the lives of the men.html">men, the engineers who harnessed and conquered roaring rivers, and sent the power hundreds of industry and light the dark places of the cities.
		And, like all men who ecstasy, gaining a tingling, intenser life from the contact with dynamic buffeted about, scorched, and almost.html">almost overwhelmed.
	www.termsdefined.net /vi/video-game-light-gun.html (978 words)

	The Adventures Of Bayou Billy
		I chose "No Gun" mode because I believe killing imaginary men with plastic orange guns that make clicky noises is wrong.
		Playing 'Shoot the Faggots' without the light gun is hard, because, well, nevermind.
		I think even with the damn gun it'd be near impossible to shoot ballerinas armed with AK-47s.
	www.geocities.com /teampsygnosis/nesgame1.html (928 words)

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		Armed with the Zapper, it takes a quick hand and dead-eye to earn your reward.
		Insert the Zapper's connector into the Controller socket 2.
		Selecting and starting games with the Zapper * Point the Zapper away from the screen with the game menu displayed, and shoot.
	www.planetnintendo.com /thewarpzone/manuals/w/wgunman.txt (869 words)

	NES Player - DIY Projects: 2 to 1 Controller Modification
		Please note that this DIY project is different from the previous ones when it comes to the number of possibilities.
		To take off the two smaller screws at the tip of the gun, use a small flatheaded screwdriver.
		Then, when the screen is blank, whether you have correctly aimed on a target (in the case of Duck Hunt, a duck) determines if the game pak will react in your success with the alignment of the sight.
	www.nesplayer.com /technical/zapper.htm (598 words)

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		At the time, though, it was quite a novelty, and Nintendo’s Zapper gun lines up perfectly with the screen.
		The Zapper light gun is extremely precise and accurate, so there are no controlling problems in Duck Hunt either.
		If you have any talent aiming the gun at all, you should be hitting the ducks with ease, due to everything being perfectly engineered in that gun.
	www.angelfire.com /games5/t3rg/nes_mario (1336 words)

	Light Gun Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is several systems using light guns, more or less futuristic weapons.
		Also known as Co-Co. The light gun was actually a Sega Master System gun.
		Tim sent this information : The Sega Phaser light gun model 3050 was not modified at all.
	www.pelikonepeijoonit.net /lightgungallery.html (340 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Recommend some good 'Light-Gun' games for any system
		My favorite gun series of all time (and I have many many gun games) is the Point Blank series for the PS1.
		It's reasonable to believe that any shooter will essentially be a light gun game, pointing at the screen and shooting targets (at least that's what their demo showed).
		The only light gun game I bothered to play recently is Point Blank 3, it is tons of fun but is a PSX game, however don't let that stop you, did they ever release a PS2 version?
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?s=f50750d01dd5f9d536c86d222d6c2fbd&t=441722 (1343 words)

	Classic Review Archive - Zillion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I know for a fact that the guns used inspired the Sega Zapper light gun.) Anyway, it's a long and tough game, but it gets my vote as one of the better SMS games out there.
		They have their own statistics and powers too (Apple is more agile but weak; Champ always has a level 3 gun and take lots of hit but is slow).
		Some of the sound effects are a bit weak, like when you jump or take damage, but the explosions and gun shots are pretty cool.
	www.classicgaming.com /reviews/sms/zillion.htm (737 words)

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